Definition used for encephalitis in the second paper above:
"The case definition included any person of any age admitted to hospital with encephalopathy (altered consciousness that persisted for longer than 24 h, including lethargy, irritability, or a change in personality and behaviour) and with two or more of the following: fever or history of fever (≥38°C) during the presenting illness; seizures and/or focal neurological findings (with evidence of brain parenchyma involvement); CSF pleocytosis (more than four white blood cells per μL); electroencephalographic (EEG) findings indicative of encephalitis; and abnormal results of neuroimaging (CT or MRI) suggestive of encephalitis."
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Infectious encephalitis HP:0002383
Diseases characterized by this term ? (e.g. Orphanet or OMIM number)
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Preferred term label: Bacterial encephalitis
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Definition (free text, please give PubMed ID) Encephalitis caused by bacterial infection (?). A few papers mentioning this term:
Definition used for encephalitis in the second paper above: "The case definition included any person of any age admitted to hospital with encephalopathy (altered consciousness that persisted for longer than 24 h, including lethargy, irritability, or a change in personality and behaviour) and with two or more of the following: fever or history of fever (≥38°C) during the presenting illness; seizures and/or focal neurological findings (with evidence of brain parenchyma involvement); CSF pleocytosis (more than four white blood cells per μL); electroencephalographic (EEG) findings indicative of encephalitis; and abnormal results of neuroimaging (CT or MRI) suggestive of encephalitis."
Parent term (use hpo.jax.org/app) Infectious encephalitis HP:0002383
Diseases characterized by this term ? (e.g. Orphanet or OMIM number) Manuscript in preparation
Your nano-attribution (ORCID) 0000-0002-6310-0434